FAC Progressive Era prt 1

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Complete control over a service or product within a given area

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monopoly

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a business arrangement in which a board of directors controls the business decisions for a number of smaller businesses

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trust

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a political party organization, headed by a single boss or small autocratic group, that commands enough votes to maintain political and administrative control of a city, county, or state

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Political Machine

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a person, esp. a political leader, who represents, or claims to represent, the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged

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populist

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a person in favor of social forward movement or change

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progressive

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a person who investigates and exposes misconduct or corruption on the part of political or business leaders

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muckraker

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a person who controls a faction or a local branch of a political party but does not necessarily hold public office themselves

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political boss

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An American agrarian movement during the 1870s and ’80s that sought to improve the economic conditions for farmers through the creation of cooperatives and political advocacy.

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farmer's alliance

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The power of citizens to propose laws and to enact laws.

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initiative

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The power to approve or reject laws enacted by the legislature

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referendum